Improvement in boot-jacks



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS T. LESSEN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, OALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOT-JACKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,131, dated November19, 1878; application filed October 1, 1878.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be, it known that I, F. T. LEssEN, of San Francisco, in the State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBoot-Jacks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which formpart of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a boot-jack attachment for furniture, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed. drawings,whichrepresent my invention applied to a chair, and in which- Figure 1is a perspective view of a chair with my boot-jack attached, and Figs. 2and 3 are'detail views of the-arms and crotches.

A represents the seat, B the back, and O O the rear and O O the frontlegs, of an ordinary chair. Between the rear legs, O O, at a suitabledistance from their lower ends, is secured a metallic bar, D, which isformed in the center with two arms or prongs, forming a crotch, D, fortheinsertion of the heel. This crotch I call the heel-catcher.

F is a rod or arm, provided with a crotch, F, which constitutes thetoe-catcher. The arm 'F is secured to or provided with braces G G,

which are fastened to the under side of the chair-seat A, thuscompleting the boot-jack attachment.

Instead of being applied to a chair, my in vention may be applied, ifdesired, to a bedstead, wash-stand, towel-rack, bench, or other articleof furniture.

This invention possesses many advantages over the ordinary boot-jack forinstance, any size boot or shoe may be pulled off with it, no matter howtight. The ordinary boot-jack often gets away under the bed, orotherwise out of reach, while, with my invention applied to an articleof furniture, it is always at hand ready for use.

When my invention is applied to a chair the back of the chair forms aconvenient support and lever in pulling off the boot or shoe. The sameis the case when applied to any article of furniture of proper height.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a chair, of a bootjack or crotch, D, securedupon a round or brace thereof, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. A boot-jack attachment consisting of a heel-catcher, D, and atoe-catcher, F, adapted to be applied to a chair, substantially asherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS T. LESSEN.

Witnesses:

Enw. S. SALOMON, W. KRSYZ ZANOWSKI.

